The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit provides a Lite Touch deployment model - typically a device requires an engineer to manually start the deployment task sequence. Using PowerShell to drive MDT offers the chance to provide a little more automation around OS deployments.

Here’s a deployment demo that I showed during my Geek Speak Live session at Citrix Synergy 2013 at Anaheim last week as well as during BriForum London 2013 when I had the opportunity to co-present a session with fellow CTP, Jim Moyle.

Here’s another demo that I showed during my Geek Speak Live session at Citrix Synergy 2013 at Anaheim yesterday.

Thanks to everyone who attended my Geek Speak Live session at Citrix Synergy 2013 in Anaheim yesterday. I’ll post details about the session and the slide deck next week for those who couldn’t attend.

At Citrix Synergy in Anaheim next month, I’ll have the opportunity to present a Geek Speak Live session - Hands Off My Gold Image! If you aren’t automating the creation of your gold images, there’s lots to learn in this session. Even if you are automating your gold images, perhaps there’s something new that I can still share with you. In this session, which will be demo heavy, I’ll show you some ways that you can deliver build automation with toolsets provided by Microsoft and Citrix.

With thanks to Nicke’s latest post, the App-V Recipes and Tips list has hit 400 links!

While working on a PowerShell script to drive OS deployment through MDT, I’ve needed to obtain the UUID from a target virtual machine. Unfortunately this isn’t just a property of the VM that you get through Get-VM. Instead you’ll need jump through a few hoops to retrieve the right UUID.

It’s a simple task to virtualize Firefox, as it lends itself well to application virtualization; however getting it right takes a little preparation. Before embarking on sequencing Firefox, please refer to this companion article - Prepare Mozilla Firefox for Enterprise Deployment and Virtualization - which covers configuring a Firefox installation for virtualizing. It’s important that Firefox is configured correctly for virtualization by disabling specific features.

The App-V 5 Sequencer, just like version 4.6 SP1, includes support for Sequencer Templates. These are an ideal approach for ensuring the use of the same set of Sequencer settings and exclusions across all packages.